Teachers Meet in Spokane Next Week
Spokane hosts the annual convention of the teachers association from March 8 to 10 and April 1 and 2. Educators from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana will attend with general sessions and 28 sectional meetings. Prominent Pacific northwest educators will address the gatherings and new officers will be chosen.
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Spokane
Edward O. Sisson
University of Montana
KRM
Ethel Su. Redfield
Idaho
S. B. Penrose
Whitman College
EB. O. Holland
Washington
Newspaper Owners Form Paper Association in Murphysboro
Newspaper owners in southern Illinois have formed a cooperative to secure a steady supply of white paper. J. BR. Sheley of Murphysboro serves as president of the new organization.
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Murpheysborg
Southern Illinois
Murphesboro
Dealers Licensed in Saskatchewan Under New Marketing Act
After the first day of June 1920 every dealer in eggs in Saskatchewan whether wholesale or retail must be licensed. No eggs may be purchased by such dealers until they have been candled and all eggs unfit for human food rejected.
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Tmgen AL Sask
Saskatchewan
Scouts Plan Reservation Near Helena Montana
Helena scouts plan to establish a camp at a nearby old mining camp six miles from town. Cabins will be erected and scouts will pay a moderate sum for board. The camp aims to serve northern Montana youth with a sturdy outdoor program.
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Helena
Mont.Helena
The Strange Symmes Lectures At Union College 1822
An account of John Cleves Symmes petitioning Congress for support to explore the earth s interior. His lecture at Union College mocked by attendees yet he maintained beliefs in hollow concentric planetary spheres and a central void.
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Concreas
Dawmakers
John Cleves Symmes
Aidle
Globe
Union College
Aoman
Earth
Dad
MARKED PROGRESS OF MAN IN PACIFIC VOYAGES
The article notes the outrigger canoe's origins as Polynesian, enabling vast ocean travel and settlement across the Pacific. It discusses prehistoric maritime exploration by Polynesian navigators who voyaged thousands of miles to Hawaii, with both men and women in voyaging crews. Captain Cook encountered inhabited island groups, but natives saw themselves as discoverers long before Europeans. Polynesian children grew up amphibious, making canoes from hollowed logs with bamboo outriggers, and considering sea travel integral to life.
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Prahith
Hawaiian Islands
Cook
Pacific
Terre Firma
Reading While Illness Keeps You Bedbound
An Ohio State Journal blurb extols a gentle illness that confines one to bed yet allows uninterrupted reading. It argues mild sickness aids literary cultivation by removing life’s interruptions, while warning against overdoing it as fatigue or restlessness intrude.
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Ohio ‘State Journal
Wellington: From Dublin Boy to Waterloo Victor
Arthur Wellesley born likely April 29 1769 in Dublin. He rose from a rough start to lead English and allied forces in Belgium. In alliance with Blucher and the Prussians he fought at Ligny Quatre Bras and Waterloo on June 18 1815, ending Napoleon’s power. Wellington was buried at St Paul’s Cathedral on November 18 1852.
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Arthur Wellesley
Duke Wellington
Dublin
Dle
Arthur
Angers
France
Wast
Napoleon
Jalda
Wellington
Belgium
Dlucher
Ligny
Quidtre Bras
Waterloo
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Morse Inventor of the Telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse, a Yale graduate and artist before his fame, excelled in literature and painting under Benjamin West. He led a life of varied talents in New York and England before pursuing electricity and the telegraph, which defined his true mission.
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Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
Yale College
Benjamin West
England
Eity of Design
New York
Prospector Dies After Sharing Last Provisions With His Horse
In Montana, Hans Hansen, aged prospector, left a note explaining he shared his dwindling flour with his horse before attempting a relief trip. Snowbound in a cabin 16 miles south of town, he died in his rickety wagon along the way to Butte. A passing train engineer found the scene and alerted authorities.
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Butte
Mont
Hans Hansen
Hansen
Spokane bankers invite Cupid amid federal loan ban
Cupid, ousted by the federal Farm Loan Bank of Chicago, is invited to Spokane by the city bankers. The Chicago bank discourages clerks earning 125 dollars a month from marrying. Spokane bankers promote local matchmaking amid national banking tensions.
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Spokane
Cupid
Federal Farm Loan Bank of Chicago
Chicago
Bankers Back Marriages Says Clerks Should Marry
The article reports bankers favoring clerks marrying while noting a man must be a financial wizard to support a wife on about 1555 a month. One banker says bank clerks should marry, stressing character over salary, with many bankers agreeing on clerical marriages.
Banks seek borrowers life insurance data now
The life insurance man notes that banks are asking borrowers, today, about the amount of life insurance they carry, highlighting a shift in lending risk assessment.
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Marion J. Burton
University of Minnesota
Prentice
Pays
Chile
Teaqelers’ Association
Wow. AteCak
Teader
Bedicention
Form Paper Association
Scouts Plan Reservation
Esa
Eo West
Dr. D
Man of Science
Hiness and Literature
Max Well
Maxwell
Johnson Auto Sales Co. Inc
Twin Falls
Iwin Falls National Bank
Jos. Keefer
J. A. Keefer
N. J. Keefer
the Bank
Conrad Magel
Robert Rogerson
J. G. Johnson
A. H. Vincent
Andrew Rogerson
T. O. Boyd
T. J. Lloyd
Twin Falls, Idaho
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